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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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